Hello my soon to be 4th graders! What have you been up to this summer? I can't believe it is already August! I have loved reading the comments you have been making on the book blog. If you haven't done yours yet, there is still time! I have been busy, busy, busy this summer. Our whole family took a wonderful trip to England and Scotland where I got to see so much history. In Scotland, we went to visit the small town where Mr. Connell's dad grew up. Mr. Connell loved showing our kids where his dad lived, the school he went to and the parks he played in when he was young. We took tours of castles and St. Andrew's golf course which was the very first golf course ever! I also had a chance to visit Mr. Connell while he was working in Texas, and I finally got to see the Alamo in person. I've spent a lot of time at home too, working on things for the new school year and for Scholastic. I miss all of you and hope you are having a great, great summer! Please comment and let me know what you are up to! PS: Did you notice the new design I made for our website? We have a reading theme next year and third grade's genre is comic books! Take care and leave a comment! :) Hugs and smiles, Mrs. Connell

Hi Sam! What have you been up to? It was fun seeing you and Blake at Meijer. We alway seem to run into each other when we are out shopping! ;)

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Joey

8/6/2014 11:00:29 pm

Dear mrs. Connell,
You made me really want to go to Scotland! I went camping this summer. It was a three hour drive and I was so tired when we got there! We camped at KOA, Oscoda. We went canoeing to AND got to swim in Lake Huron! It was so much fun! And we went with my Mom's, friend's kids.

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Mrs. Connell

8/6/2014 11:24:53 pm

Hi Joey! Your camping trip sounds like a lot of fun. I love canoeing! Was Lake Huron cold when you went swimming? I used to go to Oscoda with my dad when I was your age to go fishing! Hugs, Mrs. Connell

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Sonia

8/6/2014 11:51:35 pm

Dear Mrs. Connell,
I hope you had a good trip to England and Scotland. What I did this summer is my family and I went to Florida for Disney world. It was super fun. My family also went camping by Proud Lake with a bunch of friends. That was also really fun. Than we went to Connecticut for my brother's basketball camp at Yale. When he was at the camp me my mom and dad woke up at 5:00a.m. and went to Carllo's Bakery! So far my summer has been awesome

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Mrs. Connell

8/7/2014 12:14:16 am

Hi Sonia! I didn't know you were going to Disney World! I love Disney World.It's been about 8 years since I've been and I know there have been a lot of changes! What was your favorite thing about being there? Your family traveled a long way for basketball camp! It must have been a great one. We were at Yale with Katie way back when she was in 6th grade for an academic competition. Isn't it beautiful? Now, I need to know what is so special about this bakery that you got up at the crack of dawn to go there!! Do tell, Glad you are having an awesome summer! Hugs, Mrs. Connell

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Kennedy

8/18/2014 04:59:51 am

Hi Sonia! I did something simlair this year. I went to California and went to Disney Land. I also got to spend time in LA with my aunt and uncle. Best of summer wishes!

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Jack

8/7/2014 08:50:47 am

I am at my cottage what are you up to?

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Jack

8/7/2014 09:00:00 am

The other night I was walking and I saw bagpipers too! They walked into the lake at sunset.Can you guess what song they were playing?

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Sonia

8/8/2014 02:37:15 am

My favorite thing about Disney World was that I went on the ride Expedition Everest and we stayed at a really nice hotel called the Waldorf Astoria, and the hotel next to ours was the Hilton and we got to use the Hilton's lazy river! Oh and I forgot to put in my first blog entry that I went to Universal and went to Diagon Alley and got a wand and ate at the Leaky Cauldron which was actually very good food. We went to Carlo's Bakery at 5:00a.m. because one of my family's favorite tv shows is called The Cake Boss and that's where the Cake Boss works. We woke up really early because if we didn't go as soon as it opened there would be a really long line, and there was no line at all. We got lobster tails, cannolis, and tiramisu cake and it was all really good. I would recommend the lobster tails!

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Jillian

8/8/2014 02:40:08 am

Hey guys, last month I went to Las Vegas for a dance competition. It was awesome. Did anyone else go out of state for a vacation?

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Sonia

8/18/2014 03:35:29 am

Hi Jillian, I went on lots of vacations this summer and they were all out of state.

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Riya Dutta

8/11/2014 04:57:37 am

Hi! I couldn't visit anywhere this summer, so I read lot's of books one I would recommend is The Tiger Rising. It's about a boy whose father works for a motel and he can't go to school because he's got rashes on his leg. The owner of the motel his father works at has a tiger locked in a cage and gives the boy responsibility to feed it. Then a new girl moves in and becomes friends with the boy together they decide to let the tiger go against the owners wishes. The boy's father got worried and with help from family friend shoots the tiger later they make a grave for the tiger and dig him in.
Did anyone else read a good book they recommend?

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Riya

8/11/2014 04:59:35 am

Oh and I also went to Ohio and Pennsylvania in.

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Riya

8/11/2014 05:22:40 am

Mrs.Connell I have always wanted to visit Europe. It sounds like you had a great time. I have been in San Antonio Texas. I still remember the big fishes. We took a boat ride in the river. Did you? My parents say that their are Lockness monsters in Scotland, they did not meet them I was wondering if you have.

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Natalie

8/13/2014 05:34:52 am

My family has gone on some short trips this summer. We went to Caseville to our friend's cabin. We brought up our boat and my dad surprised us with a hot dog tube that we used a lot. I have never been tubing before. The tube fit 5 people at once. It was a lot of fun. Our other trip was to Grand Haven. We go there every year. While we were there we went to Michigan Adventure. We went on a lot of rides and played at the water park. We have one more trip on August 23. My family is going to Torch Lake. We have never been there, so this will be new to us. I liked reading what everyone else did this summer. See you soon.

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Kennedy

8/18/2014 05:53:52 am

Dear Mrs. Connell,

What you've done sounds really fun! I wish I could travel the world with you. I have been traveling also. I went to Los Angles, California and visited Disney Land and my aunt Sara and uncle Tyler. We ate at my uncle's restaurants, EL Condor and L&E. Me, my aunt, and my mom drove down to Malibu to go to a beach. The waves were realy strong and high and we saw dolphins swimming! We also went for a "short" hike up a high hill. I also went to Ohio to a Great Wolf Lodge water park. We were there 2 days and 1 night. It was really fun! I just came back from Texas. In Austin, I saw my grandmother, and my sister. In Houston, I spent time with my step-mom. I also went to Galveston and stayed in a nice hotel. And now Im packing up to go to D.C. This has been a great summer!

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